Section 14 in The Punjab Payment of Wages Rules, 1937
14. [ Procedure for imposing fines and deductions. - Any employer desiring to impose a fine on an employed person or to make a deduction for damage or loss shall-
(a)if the amount of fine proposed to be imposed or the deduction proposed to be made exceeds one rupee, serve a show-cause notice in writing on the said person for the act or omission, or damage or loss, in respect of which the fine or deduction is proposed to be imposed or made, as the case may be, mentioning the amount of fine or deduction which it is proposed to impose or make and shall before imposing the fine or making the deduction take into consideration the explanation, if any, tendered by that person;(b)if the amount of fine proposed to be imposed or the deduction proposed to be made does not exceed one rupee, explain personally to the said person the act or omission, or damage or loss in respect of which the fine or deduction is proposed to be imposed or made 'as the case may be' mentioning the amount of fine or deduction which it is proposed to impose or make and shall, before imposing the fine or making the deduction, hear the explanation of such person in the presence of at least one other person.]
